Moulds were stripped
in sequence with the teeming operations roughly 20 minutes after casting.
Special lifting arms on the 4 ton capacity stripper crane would engage
lugs on the ingot mould and strip it off the ingot. Ingot teeming and
stripping took place in the same bay. When completed, the ingot cars would
be hauled by locomotive outside, and then alongside the stripping bay
to the soaking pit bay.

You can see the crane
operator in the cab of the stripper crane just behind the two lamp reflectors.

The hot, empty ingot moulds
were cooled in a cold water tank for a short period in strict rotation. There
was so much steam generated that the crane drivers had to fish for the submerged
ingots using sighting marks on the sides of the tank.